Thirteen years ago on October 27 the RA NA President, the National Hero Karen Demirchyan, the Prime Minister, the RA National Hero Vazgen Sargsyan, the Vice Presidents Yuri Bakhshyan, Ruben Miroyan, the Hero of Artsakh freedom fighting Armenak Armenakyan, the deputies Mikayel Kotanyan Henrik Abrahamyan, and Minister Leonard Petrosyan fell victims of the crime in the session hall of the National Assembly.
What they have done, their contribution and devotion are unforgettable and instructive in the establishment of our statehood.
Today, on October 27, the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan, the deputies, the victims’ family members, the representatives of the NA Staff of the Parliament, the journalists accredited in the parliament laid flowers at the monument perpetuating the memory of the crime victims, and honored their memory in silence and bowing their heads.
“Today we have gathered to pay tribute to our state and political figures”, the RA National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan told journalists. “This was a crime against the nation and the state. In the name of the National Assembly I condemn this crime and feel pain for our political figures’ loss”.
The widow of the National Hero Karen Demirchyan, Rima Demirchyan, thanked the Head of the Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan for keeping inextinguishable the memory of the crime victims and for organizing a memory ceremony every year in the National Assembly.